This striking astronaut photo shows off an "eye-catching" impact crater in the Sahara Desert. The oculus-like structure is surrounded by migrating sand dunes that are capable of traveling more than ...

Researchers found huge mounds in the North Sea, calling the sand bodies beneath the mounds “sinkites,” blocks of uplifted ...

Cemented dunes in Gale Crater reveal evidence of late-stage water that may have preserved organic signals beneath the Martian ...

Scientists have calculated the age of one of the Earth’s oldest dunes for the first time, an advance that could shed more light on climate and wind conditions thousands of years ago. Star dunes are ...

Researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the world to reveal previously hidden details of the Earth's distant ...

Crouched low in one of the coldest, remotest places on Earth, polar explorer Alan Chambers searched for an invisible threat. Traveling with fellow former Royal Marine Dave Thomas, he had spent two ...

Climate change, compounded by human activities such as deforestation, intensive agriculture, and wildlife exploitation, poses an existential threat to biodiversity and human well-being. The theme of ...

California is a place of magnificent tectonic forces that lift mountains only for them to be constantly eroded by glaciers, wind and rain, ground down to one of the most basic commodities on Earth: ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier" than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million dollar ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier” than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million dollar ...